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my question deals with roberts vote on the health care issue. do you think he was motivated by the fear that the court began to look like a political entity rather than a jurisprudence entity? >> you're welcome to speak to this too. it's probably one of the most common questions we get, isn't it? >> yeah. do i think so? no. i take him at the word. i take him as sincerely trying to grapple with the issues presented in that case. i think he was first inclined to vote with the four conservatives and strike the law down as violating the commerce clause. when they came back and staid means entire law goes, not just the mandate, and not just the provisions of the law that are economically tied to the mandate guaranteed issue and community rating. but we're going take down the entire statute. i think -- my sub decision. i haven't been able to do any reporting on it. my position was it was too much for him. he's more of a minimalist than the folks to his right. and more of an institutionalist. i feel like he must have said to himself there got to be ano
my question deals with roberts vote on the health care issue. do you think he was motivated by the fear that the court began to look like a political entity rather than a jurisprudence entity? >> you're welcome to speak to this too. it's probably one of the most common questions we get, isn't it? >> yeah. do i think so? no. i take him at the word. i take him as sincerely trying to grapple with the issues presented in that case. i think he was first inclined to vote with the four...
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the obama administration had reached the conclusion they made an effort. ambassador richard holbrooke made what he called the grand argument they deal. problems addressed in an arrangement whereby pakistan just got out of of the jihad became. that hadn't worked in their opinion. the suspicion of the packet in a military and intelligence services in the packet and e.g. hiding out for were so high that is the question of the risks. even in 1998, even when they did it, all the senior leaders had left the place. you know, so there were some people who can object to what it could have been. what if why the american generals have been someone from the dinner table when sanusi cell phone in their bathroom and alerted, what if? there's no evidence it had been. there's a reason to believe it happened. that is the reason why everybody left. nobody significant and al qaeda listed in the the 1980s strike. so because of that background, president obama decided not to inform pakistan before hand. another option would have been to do it jointly. but then again, there's t
the obama administration had reached the conclusion they made an effort. ambassador richard holbrooke made what he called the grand argument they deal. problems addressed in an arrangement whereby pakistan just got out of of the jihad became. that hadn't worked in their opinion. the suspicion of the packet in a military and intelligence services in the packet and e.g. hiding out for were so high that is the question of the risks. even in 1998, even when they did it, all the senior leaders had...
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i know, president obama won't quit. with the hard work of unprecedently broad coalition and voices from around the country question get it done. so i thank you for your contribution in shining a spotlight what is going on in new municipal government and cities and towns around the country. i look forward to the effort and forming our work and getting to the place with the president is signing that bill in to law. thank you all very much. [applause] [applause] thank you so much for being with us this morning pop she's been working on immigration issues for most of her professional career, we are lucky to have someone as competent an compassionate as she working in the white house. good morning and welcome, everybody. i'm awe degree, the senior fellow in the metropolitan policy program. i'll be moderating the discussion today. we have three awesome panelists. we're going to talk about what immigration reform means for metropolitan areas and cities and suburbs. i want to ask the panelists to get micked. while it's happenin
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my question deals with roberts vote on the health care issue. do you think he was motivated by the fear that the court began to look like a political entity rather than a jurisprudence entity? >> you're welcome to speak to this too. it's probably one of the most common questions we get, isn't it? >> yeah. do i think so? no. i take him at the word. i take him as sincerely trying to grapple with the issues presented in that case. i think he was first inclined to vote with the four conservatives and strike the law down as violating the commerce clause. when they came back and staid means entire law goes, not just the mandate, and not just the provisions of the law that are economically tied to the mandate guaranteed issue and community rating. but we're going take down the entire statute. i think -- my sub decision. i haven't been able to do any reporting on it. my position was it was too much for him. he's more of a minimalist than the folks to his right. and more of an institutionalist. i feel like he must have said to himself there got to be ano
my question deals with roberts vote on the health care issue. do you think he was motivated by the fear that the court began to look like a political entity rather than a jurisprudence entity? >> you're welcome to speak to this too. it's probably one of the most common questions we get, isn't it? >> yeah. do i think so? no. i take him at the word. i take him as sincerely trying to grapple with the issues presented in that case. i think he was first inclined to vote with the four...
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he talked about the fact that if you're going to deal with the issue of social justice, he had a coal poverty in america but obama is now talking about it but the question is that it was political momentum behind it. it will result in the programmatic change. probably not unless people like you and me and everybody else that cares about the issue pushes it because the default is if you don't push it, it's easier not to talk about it. .. it is one out of every four american children is 4 and one out of three african american children. talk a little bit about child poverty and the impact of poverty on the lives of children in this country. >> guest: you are right on all the data you gave. the category of having more child poverty than every other country apart from romania. reasonably at some point when romania gets beyond this legacy, less poverty, every other country in the world puts more effort into tackling child poverty. is seen as a basic measure of social security and social equity. in america, we met this problem fester. in the 1960s we put some effort into tackling child pover
he talked about the fact that if you're going to deal with the issue of social justice, he had a coal poverty in america but obama is now talking about it but the question is that it was political momentum behind it. it will result in the programmatic change. probably not unless people like you and me and everybody else that cares about the issue pushes it because the default is if you don't push it, it's easier not to talk about it. .. it is one out of every four american children is 4 and one...
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, but it is something you deal with. we talked a lot more about it and the primary than we ever did during the general election. governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of massachusetts. people say, well, -- this is a guy that a more mid billionaire who ran for governor in massachusetts. we never really saw it as a problem in the general population. it was something we talked about much more in the primary and general. >> did it hurt him in the primary? do you think you might have wrapped it up earlier? >> i think running in 2008 death of the paved the way for him in 2012. there were questions the we get in 2008 that did not exist in large measure in 2012. >> let's talk about the on-line dimension of this. talk a little bit about a quick donate, what is sometimes called truck donating, light truck taxing. gone wrong for the campaign. >> wonder what they're on. >> was it that big a deal? >> it was a big deal in that when we were in will to get it happening, it was a huge help for most people. there
, but it is something you deal with. we talked a lot more about it and the primary than we ever did during the general election. governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of massachusetts. people say, well, -- this is a guy that a more mid billionaire who ran for governor in massachusetts. we never really saw it as a problem in the general population. it was something we talked about much more in the primary and general. >> did it hurt him in the primary? do you think...
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was about like every other politician, more interested in cutting deals and chasing dreams into the fever swamps on the right to know about obama as the euro socialist radical republicans never explained how the $716 billion in spending stimulus that even paul ryan supported well above the 787 tax and spending stimulus was crushing status and in the deaths of american free enterprise. that's the beauty of the minority. the stimulus is early evidence obama was but he said he was, this data oriented left of center technocrats above all privatized. it is the first evidence after campaigning as they change the system outsider, he would govern as they were persistent insider. despite the flowery talk he understood those that don't pass congress don't produce change. the stimulus producing change in iraq but obama was he was the worst guy, turns out he's more of a deep sky. not producing perfection, but it's making things better and better is better than worse. before the stimulus, 20%.receives juiciest electronic medical records. we won't have to fill out pages of paperwork or atomic go
was about like every other politician, more interested in cutting deals and chasing dreams into the fever swamps on the right to know about obama as the euro socialist radical republicans never explained how the $716 billion in spending stimulus that even paul ryan supported well above the 787 tax and spending stimulus was crushing status and in the deaths of american free enterprise. that's the beauty of the minority. the stimulus is early evidence obama was but he said he was, this data...
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the obama administration had already reached a conclusion. they made an effort to try -- ambassador richard holbrooke made an effort to do what he called the grand bargaining, a big deal in pakistan's problems in india and afghanistan that addressed some kind of an orange meant to whereby pakistan just got out of the jihad he game. and that hasn't worked in their opinion. the suspicion of the intelligence services and the pakistan jihad networks were so high that it was a question of the risks. even in 1998, even when they did it, they didn't get any senior al qaeda leaders. all of the senior leaders had left, you know? so there were at least some people who said it was just a coincidence. it could have been, but what if the american general was having dinner somebody from the dinner table went and used the cell phone in their bathroom and there is no evidence it happened and no reason to believe it didn't happen but nobody who was significant al qaeda was hit in the 1998 strike. so because of the background of president obama decided not to
the obama administration had already reached a conclusion. they made an effort to try -- ambassador richard holbrooke made an effort to do what he called the grand bargaining, a big deal in pakistan's problems in india and afghanistan that addressed some kind of an orange meant to whereby pakistan just got out of the jihad he game. and that hasn't worked in their opinion. the suspicion of the intelligence services and the pakistan jihad networks were so high that it was a question of the risks....
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but my question is my feeling is from hearing obama speech on national security in your presentation this morning, that his idea, what he works towards is basing help the dat he works towards is basing help the drones using them now because we're at a war. they work to a target that targets us. but you gave such a great description of the long-range problems of my question is committed to believe his intention that was implicit the war on terrorism must end. implicit in is the ideological par by facing up the drones to turn this over to police forces or cooperation. >> a think it we got it. >> i got it. i think that is the intense it is a challenge in the battle we fight to congress. senator graham is on the exact opposite side the controversy of being captured in libya in basically think we should treat it as a war they were very aggressive about trying to say anyone recaptured affiliated with these groups should be in custody domestically with the entire argument there is perceived there is a greater value you can get to question somebody fin in a traditional law-enforcement settin
but my question is my feeling is from hearing obama speech on national security in your presentation this morning, that his idea, what he works towards is basing help the dat he works towards is basing help the drones using them now because we're at a war. they work to a target that targets us. but you gave such a great description of the long-range problems of my question is committed to believe his intention that was implicit the war on terrorism must end. implicit in is the ideological par...
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and if it makes it through the house, president obama has said that he'll sign it. in the meantime, quite a few states have either passed similar laws or have made deals with amazon or other internet sellers to collect sales tax. the buy local movement has begun to influence consumers. on a national level, the aba has worked with interested national groups. at the local level, many indie bookstores are partnering with other retailers to promote an awareness of the importance of locally-owned businesses through joint advertising, publicity and events. in a related trend, many indeed have become even more important in their communities. they're making a very conscious effort to partner with schools, nonprofits, religious groups, community groups and more. what is called discover ability has become a major issue in publisher and bookselling. most people who go online find it's really easy to find a book if you know what you want the buy in advance, but it's not a great place to find new books. bricks and mortar bookstores remain one of the key places consumers learn ab
and if it makes it through the house, president obama has said that he'll sign it. in the meantime, quite a few states have either passed similar laws or have made deals with amazon or other internet sellers to collect sales tax. the buy local movement has begun to influence consumers. on a national level, the aba has worked with interested national groups. at the local level, many indie bookstores are partnering with other retailers to promote an awareness of the importance of locally-owned...
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there's a whole group of obamas i'm going to deal with any more substantive way than what the zero of where the story comes from the reminded me a little bit of what i was doing in the clinton book and it was in clinton's acceptance they had a film in southwestern arkansas and the simplicity of local life and he's from hot springs, a completely different place when with a dark side to it. the obama story is not the ciro and the story of his father takes place somewhere else and that is where the section of the book will start. >> host: one final question. we want to introduce their viewers [inaudible] >> leo you cannot make up. he belongs in an awful. he's 73-years-old triet he walks around with a menacing sort of club, she has a deep voice and laugh and he seems to know everybody in africa from the area the president of tanzania, the dictator of ugonda back in the 70's and 80's to everybody in kenya and he traveled with us. we met him yesterday and had three or four hours of fascinating discussions and then he traveled with us today in the morning and he was jury close to barack obam
there's a whole group of obamas i'm going to deal with any more substantive way than what the zero of where the story comes from the reminded me a little bit of what i was doing in the clinton book and it was in clinton's acceptance they had a film in southwestern arkansas and the simplicity of local life and he's from hot springs, a completely different place when with a dark side to it. the obama story is not the ciro and the story of his father takes place somewhere else and that is where...
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obama some of my family's financial ruin. so here is the deal. let's be fair. come down to the floor one after the other end to give, you know, shed light on one problem that we will fix that the president said he will fix and then say you're going to repeal the whole thing. you sound just like your predecessors who said medicare is a terrible idea. social security, of columbia. that is what this is about. they're going to make history, do the right thing. we're going to fix the problems. and there will be more because that is what happens when you are tackling this big issue. but at the end of the day we will be a better nation, a healthier nation, our children will of a brighter future, and i am just here to serve, i stand with those who want progress. they're not going to tear something dow and go right back to where we were before with parents like these having to choose between feeding their families in getting their kids health care. thank you, and i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you to the senator from california f
obama some of my family's financial ruin. so here is the deal. let's be fair. come down to the floor one after the other end to give, you know, shed light on one problem that we will fix that the president said he will fix and then say you're going to repeal the whole thing. you sound just like your predecessors who said medicare is a terrible idea. social security, of columbia. that is what this is about. they're going to make history, do the right thing. we're going to fix the problems. and...
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they're going to pull that deal off the table. heaven forbid the egyptian military says we don't want the muslim brotherhood involved in next government. that whole sharia thing didn't work out so well. the muslim brotherhood are moderates and in fact they were suits that speak in various moderate tones that are actually quite charming. i have traveled, have been in their homes and offices. i have been in their enclaves. i can tell you that these guys are good. they are bad, but they are good at what they do. the armani suits, the wavy hair, the designer eyeglasses support democracy. they will keep the peace treaty with the zionist entity. even the most moderate talking heads of the muslim brotherhood. if you are naÏve, as a western leader were journalists, you really want to like them. they seem so reasonable. maybe we can use them as a counterweight to the really bad guys and al qaeda. they're not blowing anyone up. not yet. but actually they're palestinian wing is, which is hamas. they are just killing jews, so we don't have t
they're going to pull that deal off the table. heaven forbid the egyptian military says we don't want the muslim brotherhood involved in next government. that whole sharia thing didn't work out so well. the muslim brotherhood are moderates and in fact they were suits that speak in various moderate tones that are actually quite charming. i have traveled, have been in their homes and offices. i have been in their enclaves. i can tell you that these guys are good. they are bad, but they are good...
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the postal service is dealing with difficult things. for instance, for every penny of increase in the cost of fuel they have to deal with that, billions of dollars of cost to the post office. since president obama took office, the same time i was elected the price of fuel has doubled. that is a real impact on the day to day and lives and solvency of the united states postal service. i do want to complement the work that has been done with some of the unions and some of the others in actually drawing back the number of employees that are engaged. i only wish the rest of the federal government would have to go through such scrutiny. what you would find as bad as dire as the situation is most other departments and agencies don't have to go through these gyrations. they don't have to go on and solar services or justify price, they don't have to live within their means. this is the only agency i can look at that has made significant personnel changes to drive down the number of people involved in this agency. on that side to applaud. on the
the postal service is dealing with difficult things. for instance, for every penny of increase in the cost of fuel they have to deal with that, billions of dollars of cost to the post office. since president obama took office, the same time i was elected the price of fuel has doubled. that is a real impact on the day to day and lives and solvency of the united states postal service. i do want to complement the work that has been done with some of the unions and some of the others in actually...
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everybody except for chris christie who has his own race to deal with. on the democratic side you've had barack obama and joe biden in the last 48 hours. then the last few weeks you had bill and hillary clinton spending a lot of time in the race. they have been friendsd with terry mcauliffe for a very long time. it will be tempting for some people to say, this shows that the national democratic brand is stronger than the national republican brand and that may be true but the big impact of all those surrogate visits has been, just the overwhelming star power of the democratic side. republicans have a very, very strong bench when it comes to the 2016 presidential race. they have up and comers in the party. they don't have a lot of people that can go toe-to-toe with the sitting and former president of the united states. >> host: as it stand today, what does polling look like in virginia? >> guest: it sort of varies to some degree. it has been pretty consistent for months mcauliffe is leading. the leadsri vary from four poins in a quinnepiac poll to 12 point
everybody except for chris christie who has his own race to deal with. on the democratic side you've had barack obama and joe biden in the last 48 hours. then the last few weeks you had bill and hillary clinton spending a lot of time in the race. they have been friendsd with terry mcauliffe for a very long time. it will be tempting for some people to say, this shows that the national democratic brand is stronger than the national republican brand and that may be true but the big impact of all...
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i believe that the obama administration spurned a deal like the one they accepted it would be difficult to hold the sanctions regime together and as the sanction regime begins to collapse options will narrow and we will find ourselves off half in which the option of war becomes increasingly evident and by the way i think some of the others involved in this debate have perfect well analyzed this dynamic and have come to their positions accordingly. >> let me just add, what has been agreed in geneva is a first step and a first step boldly. it is not the comprehensive deal landed should not be judged as such. the real purpose of what has been agreed in geneva is to ensure that while we try to negotiate a more comprehensive, permanent agreement with iran to prevent its acquisition of nuclear weapons and get it back in compliance, while we are doing that negotiations they are not continuing to make progress in the nuclear program, they are not charging ahead and amassing more enriched material building a plutonium reactor and so forth. this is designed to halt and in some areas like the 20%
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and they were committed, obviously, to hold themselves to that same standard in dealing with us. obviously, our product was -- our preparation was never tested, and their grace was never tested. [laughter] but the reality is it's clear to me that everyone was intending to make this a professional and statesmanlike proposition and, in fact, i am confident it would have been. i've acknowledged the gsa and their good work. they were resolved to make this a professional effort. and finally, i want to recognize that the book mentions the names of even who was involved. of everyone who was involved. and it's impossible really to adequately talk about or acknowledge the extraordinary group of people that, that were involved. i do want to acknowledge that at the very beginning a couple of people who were there at the foundation of this work -- chris liddell, obviously, jim quigley, doug wooden and jamie burke. there were others. jamie, i think when you accept a responsibility like this, the first thing i think you want to do is to find the person who knows, has a better rolodex in washin
and they were committed, obviously, to hold themselves to that same standard in dealing with us. obviously, our product was -- our preparation was never tested, and their grace was never tested. [laughter] but the reality is it's clear to me that everyone was intending to make this a professional and statesmanlike proposition and, in fact, i am confident it would have been. i've acknowledged the gsa and their good work. they were resolved to make this a professional effort. and finally, i want...
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when president obama came into office, he wanted to make sure we were negotiating trade agreements that benefits would be broadly shared a and we recognized that we need to take care of anybody who is displaced. and that's why we've always insisted, for example, the trade assistance be part of the package. trade adjustment is a program that helps workers who are displaced. it expires in two months. it's always been linked to the trade promotion authority. our hope is when you talk about before the congress takes up the trade promotion authority that will vary with the tree assistance so that we can move this forward. let me just say one more word about that if i can. the trade promotion authority, there is a lot of misinformation. it is the mechanism by which congress gives us our marching orders. they tell us what to negotiate, how to work with them through the negotiations and what the conditions will be under which they will consider an agreement to. we worked extremely closely through the negotiation and it's the way that that gets structured. the last thing i will say and this has
when president obama came into office, he wanted to make sure we were negotiating trade agreements that benefits would be broadly shared a and we recognized that we need to take care of anybody who is displaced. and that's why we've always insisted, for example, the trade assistance be part of the package. trade adjustment is a program that helps workers who are displaced. it expires in two months. it's always been linked to the trade promotion authority. our hope is when you talk about before...
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>> well, look, you know, i think you have got to give the obama campaign a good deal of credit for increasing the turnout of women voters, young people, hispanic voters, even african-american voters. i didn't think you'd be able to surpass what obama was able to accomplish with the african-american electorate 2008, but they did. especially in ohio. and i think ha accounted for -- that accounted for their victory there. but ultimately, i think the reason that obama won is the economy got better. this was the central reason for the rationale for the romney campaign, and when mitt announced in june of 2011 the unemployment rate was 10% and in the last month of the campaign it was 7.8%. so their trend lines were going in the right direction, and as the economy showed improvement, obama's numbers got -- >> that's no fun. that's the academic answer. [laughter] david, what's the one thing you would not want to have changed, what's ha one moment? >> election day. [laughter] [applause] >> what is something that happened in your favor that you feared, jeez, if that had gone, if that had flipped, sort o
>> well, look, you know, i think you have got to give the obama campaign a good deal of credit for increasing the turnout of women voters, young people, hispanic voters, even african-american voters. i didn't think you'd be able to surpass what obama was able to accomplish with the african-american electorate 2008, but they did. especially in ohio. and i think ha accounted for -- that accounted for their victory there. but ultimately, i think the reason that obama won is the economy got...
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administration's, i think eagerness to reach a deal is unnerving to the people in the region not just israel. the israelis and the sunni arabs have been pushed together in an unprecedented fashion. you are hearing out of the arab community the same concerns out of the israeli community. so that's an -- that's an odd alignment, but i think -- mr. mccain: assad has already basically let it be known that if iran acquires a nuclear weapon they would be right behind. mr. graham: absolutely, an arms race. one thing that is a positive note the congress itself. the congress has not been confused. we are more together on this issue than we have ever been. the congress passed 90-1 a resolution rejecting the idea of allowing the iranians to have a nuclear weapon in trying to contain them. the idea of containing a nuclear-armed iran is not a good idea. we fear they would share the technology with a terrorist group that winds its way here in the united states. israel believes they could never have a moment of peace with a nuclear-armed iran. containment won't work. secondly the congress 99-0 said
administration's, i think eagerness to reach a deal is unnerving to the people in the region not just israel. the israelis and the sunni arabs have been pushed together in an unprecedented fashion. you are hearing out of the arab community the same concerns out of the israeli community. so that's an -- that's an odd alignment, but i think -- mr. mccain: assad has already basically let it be known that if iran acquires a nuclear weapon they would be right behind. mr. graham: absolutely, an arms...
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how much do something like that way on president obama? he talked about the slaughter, how is continued. how much is that pressure weigh on him? >> the president is very aware of the past precedent and the situations and with regards to the decisions a president has to make constantly on matters of national security seeks the insight and advice of experts both within the administration and outside of it. again having not seen the full extent of president clinton's remarks, those are all valid points. having said that, president obama assesses the specific situation, which could be analogous but not perfectly so and judges was in the best interest of the united states today and what policy options present the best opportunity for achieving our ultimate goal. >> are you aware of any phone conversations or meetings between the two president for this is the primary topic? >> i have not. we saw each other at the bush event but i don't what it is spoken. >> he takes advice from seasoned rice. what did she start? asked the question because nation
how much do something like that way on president obama? he talked about the slaughter, how is continued. how much is that pressure weigh on him? >> the president is very aware of the past precedent and the situations and with regards to the decisions a president has to make constantly on matters of national security seeks the insight and advice of experts both within the administration and outside of it. again having not seen the full extent of president clinton's remarks, those are all...
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there's a whole nother group of obama's that i'm going to deal with, probably in a more substantive way than mama sarah in terms of where the story really council. it reminded me a little bit of what us doing the clinton book and what people thought was, because he said it, you know, in clinton's convention acceptance, they rent a film, the man from hope it everybody thought he was from hope, arkansas, this little small town and so forth in arkansas. the simplicity of rural life. and, in fact, he was in hot springs, a completely different place. much more complex and it had a darker side to it. so the obama story is what people do so far is mama sarah and the real story of barack obama, sr. and his father takes place somewhere else, down in kendu bay. and that's where the africa section of this book will start. >> final question. do you want to introduce our viewers to -- [inaudible] >> leo, you could not make up. he belongs in some kind of african novel. he is 73, he walks around with this menacing sort of club. he's got a deep, rolling voice and laugh, and he seems to know everybody i
there's a whole nother group of obama's that i'm going to deal with, probably in a more substantive way than mama sarah in terms of where the story really council. it reminded me a little bit of what us doing the clinton book and what people thought was, because he said it, you know, in clinton's convention acceptance, they rent a film, the man from hope it everybody thought he was from hope, arkansas, this little small town and so forth in arkansas. the simplicity of rural life. and, in fact,...
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i'm always saying when you're president barack obama cannot deal himself with climate change, cannot settle himself trade agreements with, for example, china, what chances are there for any single european country to achieve this, on its own. and more over, i'm always giving the example of what should be the g8 in 30 years from now, in 2040, something like that. g8 shelby japan, china, india, brazil, russia. six names now, in the last few shelby indonesia and mexico. with one single european country. nevertheless, i think the challenges are huge. it is societies at stakes, our principles, our way of life that counts in this world of tomorrow. and i think it's certainly necessary that the two big continental blocks, europe and the u.s., are working together. one-seventh of the world population, still 60% of world gdp. also two continents that share the same freedom. but let me return to my initial question. what went really wrong in european union? well, i think that mainly we talk about our problems we have to talk about the eurozone, where we made by establishing this eurozone a num
i'm always saying when you're president barack obama cannot deal himself with climate change, cannot settle himself trade agreements with, for example, china, what chances are there for any single european country to achieve this, on its own. and more over, i'm always giving the example of what should be the g8 in 30 years from now, in 2040, something like that. g8 shelby japan, china, india, brazil, russia. six names now, in the last few shelby indonesia and mexico. with one single european...
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accommodate across the lines, forced always, black folks, had have -- it's not a choice in a luxury to deal with race, including barack obama who can't talk about race now because if he does, the people who votedded for him will find some reason to say he's emphasizing it too much. we're on hooks about it. race is still there. it can pay dividends in the future. to me, it is vital we get the sense of history in line with what happened so that we can restore our confidence and the capacity of government to move forward, and i'm not saying it's going to be easy, but i think that it's beginning to happen. we got five years of anniversaries of things that are great blessings, not just for black people, but all white americans, and, indeed, for the whole world who are sharing in this democracy if we understand what it is doing, and it is a vital task for us to do it, but it doesn't happen automatically. it begins with every citizen. the great thing about the civil rights movement is that it shows that the promise of democracy comes when you have a morale of citizenry, a movement as it were, not
accommodate across the lines, forced always, black folks, had have -- it's not a choice in a luxury to deal with race, including barack obama who can't talk about race now because if he does, the people who votedded for him will find some reason to say he's emphasizing it too much. we're on hooks about it. race is still there. it can pay dividends in the future. to me, it is vital we get the sense of history in line with what happened so that we can restore our confidence and the capacity of...
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on taking office, president obama declined to undertake an official study of what happened. senator leahy introduced legislation to establish a truth commission, and congress failed to act on it. so in many respects, this task force, this report is the comprehensive examination of the treatment of suspected terrorists that official washington has been reluctant to conduct. task force members believe that having an understanding of what occurred during this period of serious threat and willingness to acknowledge any shortcomings strengthen the nation and equip us to better cope with any future crises. it knowing what happened, our reputation, as an exemplary practitioner of the rule of law, will clearly be damaged. the task force is made up of as jenny said, a broad cross-section of folks have been in government, who understand government, who understand military, who understand the role of intelligence. the bios are in your folder but i would like to take just a minute to introduce them at this time. dr. gerald thomson, the former, our professor emeritus at lumbee university
on taking office, president obama declined to undertake an official study of what happened. senator leahy introduced legislation to establish a truth commission, and congress failed to act on it. so in many respects, this task force, this report is the comprehensive examination of the treatment of suspected terrorists that official washington has been reluctant to conduct. task force members believe that having an understanding of what occurred during this period of serious threat and...
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help us understand the choices that the obama administration make and how you think out to deal with this. >> it's good to be here. i want to thank brookings and appreciating her with angel and michael. this whole thing reminds me of the story, i'm just a country lawyer from colorado, but the story of the guy who prayed to win the lottery ticket. he just wanted to win the lottery over and over again, and he was constantly asking the lord, would you help me? would you out of? i've lived a good life. i've never asked you for very much, and years went by come he never won the lottery. finally, he is down on his knees, help me, i need this money so badly. finally, the clouds part and a voice comes down from heaven, why don't you meet me halfway and just buy a ticket? >> guest: colorado and washington just wanted to get. about a ticket to the slaughter. now we have to figure out is this a can of lottery that will be good or bad. if you don't like lotteries, i respect some people don't like them at all, can this be a less bad lottery than it otherwise might be? think about the winners and
help us understand the choices that the obama administration make and how you think out to deal with this. >> it's good to be here. i want to thank brookings and appreciating her with angel and michael. this whole thing reminds me of the story, i'm just a country lawyer from colorado, but the story of the guy who prayed to win the lottery ticket. he just wanted to win the lottery over and over again, and he was constantly asking the lord, would you help me? would you out of? i've lived a...
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how then do president obama, david cameron and president '01 deal with already having said red lines and demand that assad must go come live with the proposition that assad must if are going to continue to get rid of the chemical weapons and possibly turn this into a much broader arrangement that leads to some kind of settlement in the region? >> this is for him, the questi question. >> we will start with you, mr. ambassador. >> first of all, i will try to answer to the first question of the professor. syria received weapons for many years. the syrian government has not received weapons now, to struggle to use it anymore. it received weapons to be prepared for the war with israel. that's why they have a huge quantity of weapons, and that's why what is now sending very small portion, we cannot change picture of the country. second one. about be civilian regional, the problem is that when you have civil war, you cannot say, you cannot see where we have lines, very clear. because sometimes so-called people armed in opposition, they use civilians to protect them during the war. that's wh
how then do president obama, david cameron and president '01 deal with already having said red lines and demand that assad must go come live with the proposition that assad must if are going to continue to get rid of the chemical weapons and possibly turn this into a much broader arrangement that leads to some kind of settlement in the region? >> this is for him, the questi question. >> we will start with you, mr. ambassador. >> first of all, i will try to answer to the first...
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why is that washington and obama are still giving them economic deals to most favorite nation status. i can't understand. when is washington going to stand up for the american worker and the american people and stop giving the communist chinese government special economic deals for most favorite nation status. isn't that traitorous in a point. >> guest: we trade with china because it's in the our economic interest, and probably certainly even with the loss from the kind of hacking. the scale is still goes to the favor of trading with china. however, it cannot be if you an open checkbook or commodity. we have to figure out a way of saying it has to stop. if it doesn't. there will be consequences. and potentially think about what the consequences might be. it's really hard to do it in a trade sense. you can't impose a tariff on chinese imports of clothes. they are hacking us. but for steel -- stealing our secrets. it may require us to do some very particular and argue mentive things. you can't expect it to be a one stop we attack or impose sanctions. and the chinese capitulate. we don't
why is that washington and obama are still giving them economic deals to most favorite nation status. i can't understand. when is washington going to stand up for the american worker and the american people and stop giving the communist chinese government special economic deals for most favorite nation status. isn't that traitorous in a point. >> guest: we trade with china because it's in the our economic interest, and probably certainly even with the loss from the kind of hacking. the...
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trying to figure how to deal with it. different personalities have different styles. president reagan has had his own approach to the presidency. president obama has his, but i think he is wisely being careful to the degree to which he's raising his profile on the farm. >> well, and i will say that the president put in his budget revenue neutral corporate reform, which is quite a change from where he was two years ago, with just sort of a working paper. and i think that's a result of the discussion that's occurred. and we came and spoke to the republican conference he said, and i don't want to go in, but he basically said, i may not be where you were on the individual site, but i will work with you. i'm, i'm paraphrasing. and so if you look at the testimony that secretary lew gave, both in the senate and the house, they've not slam the door on this. and i think, i think at this particular stage it may be appropriate to see what can the committees do. is this real or not? we are both committed to working very hard to make this a reality because i don't think we can aff
trying to figure how to deal with it. different personalities have different styles. president reagan has had his own approach to the presidency. president obama has his, but i think he is wisely being careful to the degree to which he's raising his profile on the farm. >> well, and i will say that the president put in his budget revenue neutral corporate reform, which is quite a change from where he was two years ago, with just sort of a working paper. and i think that's a result of the...
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the inability to deal with those of the most important crisis that is confronting a sports climate change. the fact that the obama administration has not only approved the southern leg of the pipeline but appears to almost certainly be ready to approve the northern leggitt. all of these are indications that essentially power has been wrested from the hands of the citizenry. there is no way within the american political system anymore to vote against the interest of corporations like exxonmobil or goldman sachs and occupied understood this and they understood a number one where the power had been transferred to come and that was from the legislative bodies and the judicial bodies and of course the press triet let's not forget the press has been completely corporatized. you talk about banks, roughly half a dozen corporations, the general electric, rupert murdoch, clear channel, control almost everything to listen to or watch in creating this kind of faux narrative on the one hand it is core to gossip and from fox is court to gossip from msnbc. it's all the same john just spun out differentl
the inability to deal with those of the most important crisis that is confronting a sports climate change. the fact that the obama administration has not only approved the southern leg of the pipeline but appears to almost certainly be ready to approve the northern leggitt. all of these are indications that essentially power has been wrested from the hands of the citizenry. there is no way within the american political system anymore to vote against the interest of corporations like exxonmobil...
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that is why the obama administration is it doing the right thing. we should not commit american troops. that should always be the absolute last issue. secondly we need to support our allies, jordan, lebanon, turkey who are dealing with a severe humanitarian crisis because of the million plus excuse me, refugees now into their communities, really making it difficult, strains on their infrastructure. so we need to ask thought fully and make sure we do the right thing. >> mayor, time. booker: do the right thing not by american interests but interests of the region as a whole. >> congressman. holt: someone who fought against the iraq war and called for the president to end our involvement in afghanistan sooner, it is clear to me the public indeed has no stomach for military intervention in syria, nor should we. we should apply the lesson that we should have learned in the 1980s in afghanistan when we armed the mujahadeen, now known as al qaeda, osama bin laden and others. that principle that was applied then was the enemy of our enemy is our friend. tha
that is why the obama administration is it doing the right thing. we should not commit american troops. that should always be the absolute last issue. secondly we need to support our allies, jordan, lebanon, turkey who are dealing with a severe humanitarian crisis because of the million plus excuse me, refugees now into their communities, really making it difficult, strains on their infrastructure. so we need to ask thought fully and make sure we do the right thing. >> mayor, time....
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i also appreciate president obama's nomination. for a labor lawyer there's no higher honor than being considered for the national labor relations board. the board deals with rights that are important to nearly everyone. affecting whether and how people can work, supported families, or run successful businesses. with a big impact on communities and state and local governments. for me, these amendment abstract concepts. i grew up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. my father was the son of italian immigrants and he worked for the city of pittsburgh. my brother spent a summer working in a steel mill. i began work at age 14 as a candy. i worked in the movie theater. then i got a job at the local carnegie library in pittsburgh. for many years i worked as a musician represented by local 6471 of the american federation of learned firsthand about keeping an open mind regarding labor-management issues. at one point my mother was a number of the pittsburgh public school board. my older sister, pat, while living at home was a pittsburgh public schoo
i also appreciate president obama's nomination. for a labor lawyer there's no higher honor than being considered for the national labor relations board. the board deals with rights that are important to nearly everyone. affecting whether and how people can work, supported families, or run successful businesses. with a big impact on communities and state and local governments. for me, these amendment abstract concepts. i grew up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. my father was the son of italian...
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like dealing with our congress. and so north korea is not a high priority and it has not had a passionate advocate of north korea, anywhere near to it. there aren't many passionate advocates of north korea. i'm not a passionate advocate. i call north korea the longest running failure in the history of american espionage and i am very well qualified to say that he could as i chased them around unsuccessfully for about 30 years. they are a very tough nut to crack that there are big concern is their relationship with us. that is the key to the denuclearization and that is the key to stability, of the whole region and i think we have to start from where we are which is in sort of a pit and beginning to build trust. >> jon i think don is totally right. the north koreans have actually said to me, they said you know us, north korea dprk and huey are the powers here. we should settle all this. we should form an alliance. let's not overdo it here. so they see, and so when you say okay let china be in interlocutor they say wh
like dealing with our congress. and so north korea is not a high priority and it has not had a passionate advocate of north korea, anywhere near to it. there aren't many passionate advocates of north korea. i'm not a passionate advocate. i call north korea the longest running failure in the history of american espionage and i am very well qualified to say that he could as i chased them around unsuccessfully for about 30 years. they are a very tough nut to crack that there are big concern is...
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how do you deal with that? second, in the negotiations themselves. the experience over the years of american iranian interaction has shown the importance of personalities, if i can put it that way. in terms of the personal characteristics of the lead negotiators and the interlocutors whether the quick and whether they fit with one another. i have heard one negotiator described as he's just mechanical. he's not human. >> to what difference will this make for instance. >> great to see you, mike. reactor pakistan years ago. selling an agreement in the u.s. context, well a couple things, yes. i think it's very important and people here have done it or are doing it to map the sanctions that are there. and the u.s. has had national sanctions on iran since 1978. kent katzman and others have done volumes on the sanctions that say you need to understand those that the president in a sense unilaterally with presidential authority could waive because that gives them more discretion. as distinct from those the would require the additional concurrence and under w
how do you deal with that? second, in the negotiations themselves. the experience over the years of american iranian interaction has shown the importance of personalities, if i can put it that way. in terms of the personal characteristics of the lead negotiators and the interlocutors whether the quick and whether they fit with one another. i have heard one negotiator described as he's just mechanical. he's not human. >> to what difference will this make for instance. >> great to see...
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but, you know, it's something you deal with. we talked a lot more about it in the primary than the general election. governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of montana. so people say, well, you know, this is going to be a big problem in the general election. they said, remember, it's a guy that is a mormon millionaire who won for governor in massachusetts. i don't think -- we never saw it as a problem in the general population. it was something we talked about much more in the primary than the general. >> did it hurt him in the primary. think he might have rap wrapped it up earlier if he hadn't been a mormon. >> i think the running in 2008 paveed the way for him in 2012. the questions we got in 2008 didn't exist in large measure in 2012. >> okay. let's talk about the online dimension of this. julianna, why don't you talk about a little bit about the quick donate button and the, you know, the drunk donating. like drunk texting where things would go wrong for the campaign, you know, people would just donate.
but, you know, it's something you deal with. we talked a lot more about it in the primary than the general election. governor romney was still a mormon when he became the governor of montana. so people say, well, you know, this is going to be a big problem in the general election. they said, remember, it's a guy that is a mormon millionaire who won for governor in massachusetts. i don't think -- we never saw it as a problem in the general population. it was something we talked about much more...
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it's hard to tell the leaders of a number of countries that have to deal with imf, balance the budget, create economic order with there's none if we don't provide it for soles. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama sufficient for the world as the ends more than a decade of war and we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and everyone of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments along. we cannot allow the extraordinary good that we do to save and change lives to be eclipsed entirely by the role that we have had to play since september 11th, role that was thrust upon us. american foreign policy has also been defined by food security, energy security, humanitarian assistance, the fight against disease in the push for development as much as it is by any single counterterrorism initiative. it must be. it is defined by leaders on life-threatening issues like climate change your fighting to lift the millions of lives by promoting freedom and democracy from africa to the americans are speaking out for t
it's hard to tell the leaders of a number of countries that have to deal with imf, balance the budget, create economic order with there's none if we don't provide it for soles. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama sufficient for the world as the ends more than a decade of war and we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and everyone of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments along. we cannot allow the...
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president obama breaks away from his golfing vacation to come back to deal with this threat, to round up the posse and, you know, david cameron bails out, so suddenly the president decides, he looks around, he's otherwise alone. and he says, oh, actually what i need is congressional authorization. and it doesn't suggest a high level of confidence in his conviction that he's doing the right thing, and i think that's actually fed some of the skepticism in the congress, it's made it much more difficult for members of congress to feel comfortable that they're doing the right thing by voting to endorse the president. but for the reasons that have been articulated having to do with iran and the perceptions of the reliability and seriousness of the united states, i think congress needs to step forward and give the president the authority he's requested. >> to be kind of the last speaker, i just want to highlight two arguments made, i think, by dennis and john. in terms of effect on diplomacy, it seems to me that the experience of the past decade suggests that the iranian regime -- whatever i
president obama breaks away from his golfing vacation to come back to deal with this threat, to round up the posse and, you know, david cameron bails out, so suddenly the president decides, he looks around, he's otherwise alone. and he says, oh, actually what i need is congressional authorization. and it doesn't suggest a high level of confidence in his conviction that he's doing the right thing, and i think that's actually fed some of the skepticism in the congress, it's made it much more...
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i'm pleased that president obama chose to heed the call that i made and others as well by dismissing mr. miller last nig night. this is a necessary step but only a first step toward restoring the credibility and the integrity of the i.r.s. this scandal is much larger than any one official within the i.r.s. any government official who knew about the misconduct within the i.r.s. and decided not to make this information public should be held accountable. no american taxpayer should ever have to worry that a group they belong to or a view that they espouse will subject them to less favorable tax treatment by their government, yet the i.g. report has unfortunately confirmed this political profiling is exactly what happened. the misconduct by the i.r.s. is troubling for a host of reasons, but there are two questions yet to be answered that i find particularly troubling. first, how was the improper targeting of i.r.s. agents allowed to continue for more than 18 months before it was finally brought to an end? secondly, how did the internal i.r.s. process involve so many high-level i.r.s. off
i'm pleased that president obama chose to heed the call that i made and others as well by dismissing mr. miller last nig night. this is a necessary step but only a first step toward restoring the credibility and the integrity of the i.r.s. this scandal is much larger than any one official within the i.r.s. any government official who knew about the misconduct within the i.r.s. and decided not to make this information public should be held accountable. no american taxpayer should ever have to...
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whatever deal he would have struck with the obama administration would almost certainly have failed and he would not have been able to get sufficient those. where do he would have relied so heavily on democratic foes to do so that he ran the risk of insurrection. this is detailed in my book. there is a meeting during the whole summer showdown over the debt ceiling in which some of boehner's closest allies have met in the speaker's office and said to him, john, if you come back with a deal that you fashioned with obama, that doesn't get more than a 100 goes thursday. cantor is already started a whisper campaign against duke. we saw it happen with speaker gingrich and it can happen to you. buhner walked away from a jail shortly after that. >> i want to come to an interplay between the second. you may know that the president gave -- was initially off to the des moines editorial, on the real tamale did not get the endorsement of that paper. one of the things he said in the interview as he could get a grant or construct on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november the sixth. a somewh
whatever deal he would have struck with the obama administration would almost certainly have failed and he would not have been able to get sufficient those. where do he would have relied so heavily on democratic foes to do so that he ran the risk of insurrection. this is detailed in my book. there is a meeting during the whole summer showdown over the debt ceiling in which some of boehner's closest allies have met in the speaker's office and said to him, john, if you come back with a deal that...
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under bill clinton, as well as what happened with sequester and president obama. those came through the debt ceiling negotiations. they suggest that negotiates is some new concept or something that the president won't engage in. i think a lot of us agree is good for our country and healthy for our economy. and so we want to get out there. we want to get to a place where we can ensure that as we're negotiating over how to properly fund government, how to set priorities, that markets aren't scared, families aren't scared about consequences that would come from things like default. that's why this amendment actually says that won't it be an option. default won't be an option. >> i hear you. with the exception of the fact that i think the president has used exact language you use about full, fate, and credit of the united states. i heard him say it on television. and that he is not going to allow for that to occur. >> here is where i think your amendment as well as the base bill will -- not the base bill, but your amendment now puts in place the defunding of the affor
under bill clinton, as well as what happened with sequester and president obama. those came through the debt ceiling negotiations. they suggest that negotiates is some new concept or something that the president won't engage in. i think a lot of us agree is good for our country and healthy for our economy. and so we want to get out there. we want to get to a place where we can ensure that as we're negotiating over how to properly fund government, how to set priorities, that markets aren't...
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it was not either the bush administration or the obama administration. it was the none of the above administration. this is the first time since the great depression that we had a serious problem to deal with during a presidential transition. even though they moved it from march 4 to january 20, and hank and i talked about this. i remember this clearly. the first 350 billion of the tarp went out and we argued about that. hank did say to me i have another -- i can draw another 350. if obama oks it i will ask for it. i asked the obama administration to locate and they said we are not charging and neither bush nor obama frankly was willing to getting gauged. the obama administration said we only have one president at a time that i got in trouble by saying i thought that overestimated the number of presidents that we have. [laughter] we lost an opportunity and i honestly believe that i hope political scientists will study this. this is the first cave -- case where he had a negative impact of the transition. >> i would say one thing though in all seriousness.
it was not either the bush administration or the obama administration. it was the none of the above administration. this is the first time since the great depression that we had a serious problem to deal with during a presidential transition. even though they moved it from march 4 to january 20, and hank and i talked about this. i remember this clearly. the first 350 billion of the tarp went out and we argued about that. hank did say to me i have another -- i can draw another 350. if obama oks...
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difference between the bush cheney approach to plan extraconstitutional foreign activities and the obama approach. >> first of all, you know, people sort of vast, is obama worse than bush? let's remember here that under bush and cheney was like murder inc. you actually have players in the white house to be at the geneva is quaint and you have these black sights were set up in the reverse engineering of what was called the seer program survived if they race to escape which was established by the u.s. military to prepare american soldiers for torture at the hands of a lawless enemy. the reverse engineer the program and start to use them prisoners they were interrogating. in answering your question, i don't want to understate in any way how reprehensible the policies of the bush and cheney error were. .. and they paint a picture for obama of a world where there are hundreds if not thousands of concurrent threats against american interests, against indices, against aircraft, against tourists. and in a unified voice said to obama if you don't continue these programs, in fact if you don't expa
difference between the bush cheney approach to plan extraconstitutional foreign activities and the obama approach. >> first of all, you know, people sort of vast, is obama worse than bush? let's remember here that under bush and cheney was like murder inc. you actually have players in the white house to be at the geneva is quaint and you have these black sights were set up in the reverse engineering of what was called the seer program survived if they race to escape which was established...
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and to deal with that. but i actually find that the conversation is increasing, and hats off to michelle obama for raising the national conversation about obesity and health and nutrition. on the one side. on the other hand, too, these products are so compelling. i like to call them the foods we hate to love because, you know, it's hard to talk about something that you love to eat in negative, in negative tones. >> host: michael moss, what was the reception from the food companies when you approached them about "salt sugar fat"? >> guest: i think that they were actually -- i mean, i was surprised by how willing they were to talk to me. and i started off with a trove of internal documents which helped tremendously. these thousands and thousands of pages put me at the table as the largest companies were plotting and planning and formulating their way to creating new products. those documents enabled me to convince their top scientists, marketing officials, ceos in some cases to talk to me and reveal even more
and to deal with that. but i actually find that the conversation is increasing, and hats off to michelle obama for raising the national conversation about obesity and health and nutrition. on the one side. on the other hand, too, these products are so compelling. i like to call them the foods we hate to love because, you know, it's hard to talk about something that you love to eat in negative, in negative tones. >> host: michael moss, what was the reception from the food companies when...
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and state departments are a series of designations and public pronouncements about what the actual deal between al-qaeda and iran looks like today. going back to july 2011, the treasury department, you know, highlighted the secret deal between iran and al-qaeda. then in december 2011 they issued a $10 million reward for the head of al-qaeda's network in iran. then in 2012 a designation of the min ministry of intelligence and security saying that they had been providing support to al-qaeda. then in october 2012 another designation comes out of the obama administration designated as collusion. and there is a network inside of iran today led by a guy, one of the few who actually had foreknowledge of 9/11, and can they are, actually, that facilitating operations throughout the middle east. it's sort of one of those things you puzzle at when you see the differences between them in so many ways, and yet this network still exists on iranian soil. there's a whole history here of collusion between the two despite their differences which is really a fascinating thing to explore. >> ariel? take th
and state departments are a series of designations and public pronouncements about what the actual deal between al-qaeda and iran looks like today. going back to july 2011, the treasury department, you know, highlighted the secret deal between iran and al-qaeda. then in december 2011 they issued a $10 million reward for the head of al-qaeda's network in iran. then in 2012 a designation of the min ministry of intelligence and security saying that they had been providing support to al-qaeda. then...
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and if it makes it through the house, president obama has said that he'll sign it. in the meantime, quite a few states have either passed similar laws or have made deals with amazon or other internet sellers to collect sales tax. the buy local movement has begun to influence consumers. on a national level, the aba has worked with interested national groups. at the local level, many indie bookstores are partnering with other retailers to promote an awareness of the importance of locally-owned businessesents ro. in a related trend, many indeed have become even more important in their communities. they're making a very conscious effort to partner with schools, nonprofits, religious groups, community groups and more. what is called discover ability has become a major issue in publisher and bookselling. most people who go online find it's really easy to find a book if you know what you want the buy in advance, but it's not a great place to find new books. bricks and mortar bookstores remain one of the key places consumers learn about new books, and indies are particularl
and if it makes it through the house, president obama has said that he'll sign it. in the meantime, quite a few states have either passed similar laws or have made deals with amazon or other internet sellers to collect sales tax. the buy local movement has begun to influence consumers. on a national level, the aba has worked with interested national groups. at the local level, many indie bookstores are partnering with other retailers to promote an awareness of the importance of locally-owned...
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and anyone who knows me, i don't deal that much with sports. i like that play them. but i said the olympics you mean that president obama went to copenhagen to get the olympics in chicago and he didn't get them. i said i know that. and they said you mean the real olympics? that made them think i wasn't telling the truth because the vancouver olympics were coming up. are you denying you're coming thorough talk about this? i said, well, until now i wasn't planning to talk about the vancouver olympics. they pulled me aside and took my picture and my colleague's picture. they stapled documents. and i opened it up and said we have 48-hours to stay in canada. that's as long as our trip was going to be. i was speaking at the university of victoria. we raced up. they had gone out for beers. the audience had come -- because of what had taken place. i gave my talk. and asked why would people be concerned? raced to speak the next night. we stayed at the bed and breakfast. everyone was having tea before dinner at 6:00. i sat down quietly in a room where older folks were having t
and anyone who knows me, i don't deal that much with sports. i like that play them. but i said the olympics you mean that president obama went to copenhagen to get the olympics in chicago and he didn't get them. i said i know that. and they said you mean the real olympics? that made them think i wasn't telling the truth because the vancouver olympics were coming up. are you denying you're coming thorough talk about this? i said, well, until now i wasn't planning to talk about the vancouver...
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they were now willing to take on the military or deal with the military or gave too much power. with the book turns on the event that took place those in the very short period between you had the collapse of the berlin wall and the eastern european alliance and then in 1991 these are events we did not expect to see us there was the scenario involving violence but february scrutinized to see if we had to be spending what we were spending on defense to make sure we have budgetary line negative bases and shoot but i show in these chapters that not only did they not see this opportunity, they did not understand or comprehend this opportunity but they basically conducted business as usual. . . >> and paul wolfowitz who was senior aids to cheney, and this is the threesome that wrote the doctrine of unilateralism that was leaked to "the los angeles times" and then tamped down. these are the same individual that brought us the 2003 war against iraq, totally unnecessary war, and n which deceit was used to march the country into war. well, bush was followed by bill clinton. bill clinton a
they were now willing to take on the military or deal with the military or gave too much power. with the book turns on the event that took place those in the very short period between you had the collapse of the berlin wall and the eastern european alliance and then in 1991 these are events we did not expect to see us there was the scenario involving violence but february scrutinized to see if we had to be spending what we were spending on defense to make sure we have budgetary line negative...